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dumb gauge question

I am thinking of making a knitted jacket for my sister. The stitch pattern is called a shell stitch, which is made by purling the odd rows and doing what they call "binding" on the right side. Lift the "bar" between 2 stitches on to the right needle, knit 2 stitches and then lift the "bar" over those two stitches. It makes a lovely little stitch.

My dilemna is how in the world do I measure the gauge for this? The instructions say to measure the gauge swatch in the knitted pattern stitch. I've only measured gauge swatches in stocking stitch until now.

thanks!

Lisa

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Karlisa
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suzee

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suzee

You knit a swatch in pattern, approx. 6" x 6", then measure over the center four inches to see what your gauge is.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Olwyn Mary

My guess is that you'd knit a swatch using the pattern stitch and then measure the gauge. There is a repeat to the pattern, so that would be the number of stitches per repeat. So, for example, if your knitted pattern repeated 4 times measures 6 inches, with a repeat of 4 stitches per pattern, then there would be 16 stitches for 6 inches. Does this help?

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Mystified One

cast on 20 stiches in wanted wool and estimated needle size , knit in PATTERNS 5-10 rows ,,, now you can measaure and know that 20 Stitches are = X cm or inches in width and 5 rows are y cm or inches in height ,, now measure sister and calculate your stitiches numbers ,,, mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

If the gauge statement is "30 stitches per 4 inches in pattern" I'd cast on 30, plus 20 extras for garter selvedge (10 each side) and work 3-4 repeats. Measure. See if my 30 stitches fits into their 4". Repeat as necessary with different needles to hit gauge.

Then again, I try to avoid patterns that give gauge over a pattern stitch. If they can make the thing with that yarn and those needles they could spend another 10 minutes to make a stockinette swatch for gauge.

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Wooly

Stockinette might pull in LESS stitches than a pattern , also NO TWO knitters are the same , When i wanted to knit something with my late mothjer we had to knit with a difference of 1mm [number] since she knitted looser in stockinette and at least 2-3 difference when knitting patterns , to get the same sized knitting. Any way all the Given guaguage REALLY tells you is that the Book`s pattern lady knitted this guague ,,,,al that REALLY should interess you are the SIZES of the clothes and sizes of the intended wearer ,,,, all else is Math ,,, mirjam

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mirjam

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